Wrench.



No. ,if/172,731.,` y PATENTBD 00T. la, i904.

4 I W. P GARLBERG.

WRENCH.

. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.1, 1904. No MODEL.

UNITED STATESv Patented -October 18, 1904:.

PATENT OEEIcE.

WALFRED F. OARIIBERG, OF SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

WRENCH;l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,781, dated October 18, 1904. Application filed March l, 1904. SerialvNo. 195,963. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALERED F. OARLB ERG, a citizenof the United States, residing at Sisseton, in the county of Roberts and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wrenches, of which the following is a specification.

same with the hand. The great objection to devices ordinarily employed for this purpose i is the fact that the bur must be taken in the hand, and the grease upon it often soils the hand or the glove which may cover it. My invention, however, provides means whereby the bur may be securely gripped and held after it has been detached from the shaft.

The invention consists of a hollow head adapted to receive the bur and having a handle pivoted therein and provided with an eccentric which acts upon a lever pivoted within the head and isl adapted vto press it inward when the handle is moved into a predetermined position.

The invention also consists in the' further novel construction and combination of parts,

hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention,

` and in whichn similar to Fig. 1 and showing the lever clamped eccentric has a stop 6 thereon adapted to contact with one end of a slot 7, formed in the adjoining end of the head, and the periphery of the eccentric contacts with the inner end of a lever 8, which is fulcrumed in one side of the head and has aclamping extension 9, which projects through a recess 10, formed in one side of the head. The eccentricis so arranged that when the handle 5 is swung at an angle to the head the clamping extension 9 of the lever 8 is free to move from the head 1, but' -when the handle 8 is swung into alinement with the lhead 6 the eccentric presses outward upon the inner end of the lever 8 and forces .the extension 9 into'the head.

When it is desired to remove a bur from an axle, the head 1 is placed upon the bur, andthe handle 5 is swung upon its pivot until further inward movement thereofis prevented by said handle contacting with lever 8. The bur is then loosened by rotating the head 1, and after this operation the handle 5 is swung A,into alinelnent with the head, and the eccentric 4 swings the lever 8 on its pivot and presses the extension 9 into contact with one face of the'bur and firmly clasps the bur within the alinement with the head, and after the burv has been detached it will be held in position within the head andcan be readily replaced by reversing the operation above described. It will be seen that by employing this tool it is unnecessary to touch the bur with the hands at any time during the operation of removing or replacing it.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention,A what is claimed as new is- 1. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a hollow Ahead having a recess in one wall; of a spring-lever pivoted within the head and extending longitudinally IOO along the outer face thereof, said lever having an extension adapted to project through the recess, an eccentric revolubl y mounted within one end of the head and adapted to operate the lever, and a handle extending from the eccentric.

2. The combination with a hollow head adapted to receive a nut in one end thereof, and a recess in one wall of the head and adjacent said end; of aspring-lever pivoted between its ends Within the head and extending longitudinally along the outer side thereof, said lever having an extension adapted to project through the recess and into contact with One face of a nut within the head, an eccentric revolubly mounted within the head adjacent one end and having' shoulders for limiting its movement, said eccentric being adapted t0 swing the lever upon its fulcruin, and a handle extending from the eccentric.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a head adapted to receive a nut, a movable handle within the head and adapted to extend from and aline with the head, and a lever separated from and opera-ted by the handle and adapted to clamp a nut within the head when said handle is moved in one direction.

In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VALFRED F. UARLBERG.

fitnessesz JOHN BARRINGTON, JENNIE W'HELDON. 

